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proud (new to me) owner of a MERV!!!

Hi fellow MERV owners, finally after all this time, the wait is over for me. recieved it this morning in the mail and i cant believe how nice it its for a used one. got this one off MP for a trade. i already have the big brother ERBE so i said why not get the little bro. i started off a nitro guy, now i'm completely into ELECTRIC. traded my maxx 3.3 for his roller with titan 550 motor and XL2.5 ESC, and i have my velineon VXL3S / motor 3500 so why not put it in and this is the result.
anyway heres what i've done so far,
still have alot of testing and remounting the ESC to where i like it the most, but for now i'm liking it.

Congrats on the merv. Btw those tires look nice cause I love wide tires and the rims look like HPI 2160 let me know about those tires. I would definitely suggest front and rear RPM A-ARMS, TRA7151x, associated shimms 21141 and TRA7250R that's if you haven't already ordered these and a nice big bore shocks.

thanks, this wheels/tires where from my old HPI electric 1/10 trophy. i will definitely buy the RPM A-Arms for sure, like what i have now on my ERBE and the big bore shocks.

Originally Posted by jtalaue

Congrats on the merv. Btw those tires look nice cause I love wide tires and the rims look like HPI 2160 let me know about those tires. I would definitely suggest front and rear RPM A-ARMS, TRA7151x, associated shimms 21141 and TRA7250R that's if you haven't already ordered these and a nice big bore shocks.

i have run this wheels on my TC3 with the same motor/ESC without the body on and its really hard to control but i manage to do a speed run with it.

I tried them for speed runs too, but I hated it that it went sliding all over the place when I hit the brakes (my throttle/brake finger is far from digital). Sometimes a little harder to control car can be fun tho. It's about fun in the end.

That looks like the stock servo,with the weight of a bb and those big tires I would be looking for a new servo.******* 390 is a backordered favorite but I run the hitec 5085mg much stronger than stock.the stock ones aren't known to last

hitec has one nylon gear but is still strong .i have hit a curb going 50mph broke a traxxas cvd but the servo is going strong. if you can find a ******* let us know. a friend of mine has a brand new revo and won't drive it until the ******* comes in .bought it 3 weeks ago and won't see it ride till probably mid june

yeah, with all the upgrades out there, chances are PPl will buy it to test it for themself and comment it here wether its good or bad, for instance integy, most PPl hate integy hop-ups as they tend to brake more easily, but at the end you got to keep in-mind that this is only a hobby. its all about injoying yourself, now if you'll excuse me, I have a spartan to run in the pond, LOL.

Really nice 1/16 there, like the street tyres. Also small enough to keep it in a bag and bash around occasionaly on parking lots and empty spaces. Thats what im doing when its nice weather, put my rc in a bag, take the bike, and just cruise around, looking for good spots.